Kazakhstan

There has been a big stepping up of repression against the Workers
Movement of Kazakhstan, a major working-class organisation. Criminal
charges have been lodged against four members of its executive Saken and
Ramil Dzhunosov, Ramil Mengazov and Sergei Popov.

Previous protest outside the Kazakhstan Embassy in London

The charges include using violence, threatening a judge, breaking up an
office (their own!) and slandering business leaders (after they
successfully fought for the payment of unpaid wages).

One of them was even charged with threatening murder after going to
police after threats against his own life were made.

Sakheb Zhanabaeva, a pensioners’ leader from Almata has had her flat
raided by the police. These attacks follow attempts made to interfere in
the Workers’ Movement conference in May when thugs attacked and beat up
three members travelling to the conference and other members were
removed from trains by the police.